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West-Pointer U.S.
[f. West Point, the name of a village on the west bank of the Hudson River in the state of New York.]
An officer trained at the United States military academy at West Point.
1863Congr. Globe 16 Jan. 327/3 There have been wounded since this war opened, from thirty to forty general officers. Many of them were West Pointers. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 85 A West-Pointer enjoying the soubriquet of ‘Shanks’. 1895J. L. Allen Kentucky Cardinal xiii, The West-Pointer had been writing for some months in regard to the wild behaviour of his cousin. |